National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-27


midnight, they hear h. 30 In the service OF
God we have exposed work We have got to
camp out and rough IT, We are putting all ont
they say, come to church. What arc we doing
for the 700 900 that do not Gomez Have they
no souls,7 Are they sinless that they need no
pardon Are there no dead In their houses
that they need no comfort' Are they cut OH
from God, TO 70 into eternity-no wing to bear
them, no light to cheer them, no welcome to
greet them ! hear to day surging no from
comes through our Christian assemblnges
and through our Christian churcho',
and It blots. out all this scene from my eyes to.
day, nsb by the mists of great Niagara, for the
dash and the plunge of these great torrents Of
life dropping down into the fathomless aud
thnndoring abyss OF suffering and woo.
sometimes think that just ~ God blolted out
the Church Of Thyatira aud Corinth md
Iaodlcea. because OF their sloth aud stolidlty,
He VIII blot out American and English
Christianity, and raise on the ruins slnwart,
wide-awake, missionary church, that can take
the full meaning of that command 60 into
all the world and preach the Gospel to every
creature. He that believeth and Is baptised
shall be saved, and he that bnieveth not shall
be damned"
/ remark, further, If YOU want to succeed 10
Gospel hunting you must have courage. II the
hunter stand with trembling hand or shoulder
that fnches with fear, instead OF his taking
the catamount the catnmount takes him.
What would become of the Greenlander II,
when out hunting for the bear, he should stand
shiveIipg with terror on an iceberg2 What
would have become of Du Chaillu and Living
stone In the African thlcket, with q faint heart
within twenty PAGES ofiyou, and It has It's eye
on you, aud 1t has squatted for the fearful
spring, steady there"
Courage, o ye spiritual hunters There are
greet monsters OF iniquity prowling all around
about the community. Shall we not In the
strength OF God go forth and combat them
we not only need moro heart but more back.
bone; What Is the church of God that 1t
should fear to look In the eye any transgression?
There is The bengal tiger OF DRUNKENNESS that
prowls around, and, instead of attacking It,
how many OF us hide under the church pew
or The communion table? There is so much
invested IN IT we arc afraid to assault IT. mill
ions OF dollars In barrels, in watts, In spigpts.
floors and Iielian.top tables. and chased ice.
coolers. and in the strychnine, and ,he lo:.
wood and the tartarlc acid, and nux vomina,
drinks / looked with wondering eyes on the
"Heidelberg tun." It Is The great liquor vat OF
Germany. which is said TO hold eight hundred
hogsheads Of wine, and only three times in
stood and looked at II, said TO myself "rhat
Is nothine-eight hundred hogsheads. Why,
our American vat holds four millions Ave hun.
we keep three hundred thousand men, with
nothingto do but see that II Is fllled" oh, to
attack This great monster OF intemperance, aud
ness, requires you. to rally all your. Christian
courage. Through the press, through the pull
Pit, through the platform you must assault 1t.
Would TO God that all our american Christians
Drained fanaticisin, but for holy Chris,
tian reform. / think 1t was in 1903
that there went out from Lucknow, India, nm.
der the sovereign, tho greatest hunting plrty
that was ever projected. There were 10000
armed men in that hunting party. There
were camels and horses and elephants. On
9uisite housings, and. 500 coolies waited upon
the train. and the desolate places of India
were invaded by this excursion, and tho
the stroke of the saber and bullet. After a
while the patty brought back trophies worth
$1,000 rupees, having left the wilderness of
India India ghSslly with the slain bodies, OF wild
and there straggler going out to fight these
great monsters Of lniquliy in our country the
million membership of our churches would
crimes that make the land frightful with their
roar, and are fattening upon the bodies and
souls of immortal men. Who ia ready for
s Snnisr PARTY bs as That that Who viii be mighty
remark again: If you want to be successful
in spiritual hunting you need not only to bring
down ,n the game, but bring Il in think one
is his Autumn" II represents q sportsman
coming home and standing under grapevine.
He has staff over his shoulder, and on the
other end of that staff are hung rabbit and a
brace OF birds. Every hunter brings home the
game. No one would think of bringing down
reindeer or whipping up a stream for trout,
tide the camp. is adorned with the treasures of
the fores;-bcak and fin and nntler.
II you go out to hunt for immortal souls, not
only bring them down under the arrow of the
Gospel but bring them into the Church OF
God, tho grand home and encampment we
have pitched this side the skies. Fetch them
They need our prayers G and sympathies an" and
help. That Is the meaning of the Church OF
GodIhelp Oh ye hunters for the Lord not
only bring down the game, but bring It in.
seven years he never went indoors. what
enthusiasm ought We TO have who are hunting
for immortal souls? II Donidan practiced
lhe Roman amphitheater, with hand ont,
the fingers outstretched, and then the king
could shoot an arrow between the fingers with
out wounding them, to what drill and what
practice ought not we to subject ourselves in
order to become spiritual nrchels and ''mighty
hunters before the Lord?', But let me say
you will meyer work any better than you pray.
The old nrchers took the bow, put one end Of
1t down BESIDE the foot, elevated the other
end, and II was the rule that the bow should
be Just The size OF the archer; If II were Just
confidence. Let me say that your power to
project good in the world viii correspond ex.
actly TO your own spiritual stature. In other
words, the first thing in preparation for Chris.
tial WORK Is personal conservation.
"Oh for closer walk with God,
4 calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon The road
That leads me TO the Lamb"
am sure that there are some here who Mt
some time have been hit by the Gospel arrow,
You felt the wound of that COW iction, and You
plunged into the world deeper Just as tho
stag, when the hounds are after 1t, plunges
into scroon lake, expecting in that way to es-
cape. Jesus Christ is on your trace to-day,
lmpenitent man not in wrath. but In mercy.
Oh. ye chased and painting souls here is the
stream OF Gods mercy and salvation. where
M mo nnnt Stn,. tV,ut nhup -
sin today. By the red fountain that lcaped
from the heart of my Lord, bid you stop.
There Is mercy for you-mercy that pardons;
mercy that heals; everlasting mercy. Is there
IN ali this house any one who Can refuse the
offer that comes from the heart of the dying
There Is a forest In Germany. place they
yards apart, between q fearful chasm. This is
called the deer leap" because once q hunter
was on the track of deer; It came TO one of
these crags; there was no escape for II from
the pursuit of the hunter, and in utter despair
1t gathered itself up, and In the death agony
attempted TO jump across. OF course, II fell,
and was dashed on the rocks far beneath.
Here is path to heaven. 1t isplain; IL is safe.
Jesus marks 1t out for every man to walk In.
But here Is q man who says: II won't walk in
that path; i Will take my own way" lie
that divides his soul from heaven. Now, his
last hour has come, and he resolves that he
will leap that chasn, from the heights of earth,
to the heights Of heaven. Stand back, now,
and GIVE him null swing for no soul ever did
that successfully. Let him try. Jump jump!
he misses the mark, and no goes down, depth
below depth, destroyed without remedy"
Men! angels dcyls what shall we call that
place OF awful catastrophe? Let 1t DO known
for ever as "The Sinners Death Leap"
II Is said that when Charlemagne's host was
oyeIpowered BY three armies Of the Siracens
in The. Pass Of Roncesvalles, his warrior, Ro.
land, in terrible eRrnestness, seized a trumpet
and blew II with such terrific strength that the
opposing army rceled back with terror. but at
N INN hFnl A ", ftun
lsee yoDr soul fercely assailed by all the
powers Of earth and hell, l put the mightier
trumpet OF the Gospel TO my lips, and blow II
let him come" Blast the second-"Seek ye
the Lord while He may be found" Blast the
third-"Now is the accepted time now is the
day OF salvation" Does not the host of your
Sins fall back? But the trumpet does not, like
That of Rnlhnl.- break In two. As IL WAs